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sandy's reach stretches hundreds of miles. we will talk about its potential impact on everything from economic growth to energy prices. that and more tonight on "n.b.r."!e as we go on the air tonight, hurricane sandy is ready to make landfall in the u.s., already it's an historic storm, with historic preparations. stock markets closed. and coast lines evacuated with tens of millions of people sitting in the forecast path of the massive storm. sandy is a huge storm expected to come ashore in southern new jersey. but the hurricane force winds have been battering the eastern seaboard for hours. those winds extend out 175 miles from the center of the storm. those winds are pushing the atlantic ocean up and over many coast-lin.. from rhode island, south to the jersey shore. coastal flooding is a significant risk thanks to the storm surge, potentially reaching 11 feet in new york harbor. battery park on the tip of manhattan is under a mandatory evacuation, as waves already have topped the sea wall. low lying areas are at substantial
sandy's reach stretches hundreds of miles. we will talk about its potential impact on everything from economic growth to energy prices. that and more tonight on "n.b.r."!e as we go on the air tonight, hurricane sandy is ready to make landfall in the u.s., already it's an historic storm, with historic preparations. stock markets closed. and coast lines evacuated with tens of millions of people sitting in the forecast path of the massive storm. sandy is a huge storm expected to come...
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still ahead, we have more on sandy: flood insurance, the cost of getting power turned back on, and the challenge of getting around america's busiest city. >> tom: october marked a pick-up in private hiring. that's the word from payroll processing firm adp. it says u.s. private payrolls grew by 158,000 positions in october. that higher than expected number comes as adp overhauls how it calculates the number by including more companies in its survey. darren gersh reports. >> reporter: the economic signals out today point in the same direction-- an economy that has moved through a rough couple of months last spring has now found stability. >> slow growth need not be fragile, so we are in a derate growth phase that appears to be quite durable. it's going to be hard to break out significantly in one direction or the other, unless we get a policy surprise or a policy mistake. >> repter: the adp payroll snapshot is seen as a kind of preview for the government's official employment report, which comes out tomorrow. factoring in job losses in statr and local government, adp projects the labor d
still ahead, we have more on sandy: flood insurance, the cost of getting power turned back on, and the challenge of getting around america's busiest city. >> tom: october marked a pick-up in private hiring. that's the word from payroll processing firm adp. it says u.s. private payrolls grew by 158,000 positions in october. that higher than expected number comes as adp overhauls how it calculates the number by including more companies in its survey. darren gersh reports. >> reporter:...
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where does sandy fit in terms of economic impact? s showing?our numb >> good question, susie. >> in terms of totalu economic loss. because airms aren't going, and restaurants aren't serving meals, and the property damage i think tell come to about $50 billion. to put this in context, th's roughly the consequence of 9/11. it you sad up katrina it was 150 million. it's a big storm and a lot of damage, but less than's katrina. >> susie: quickly, mark, because on friday we have the employment numbers coming out. i'd like your take on that. what are you expecting in terms of new job hings and the unemployment rate? we've created 150,000 jobs a month over the past three years. i expect that's roughly what we'll get. une loyment, as yout, remember, it dips down unexpectedly to 7.8%, i expect that will notch up a tenth or two. i don't think we go over 8%. >> susie: it could notch up a bilt. good information. mark, always a pleasure talking to you. mark zandi. >> thank you. >> tom: still ahead, from downed powerlines, to flooded out utilities, we talk a
where does sandy fit in terms of economic impact? s showing?our numb >> good question, susie. >> in terms of totalu economic loss. because airms aren't going, and restaurants aren't serving meals, and the property damage i think tell come to about $50 billion. to put this in context, th's roughly the consequence of 9/11. it you sad up katrina it was 150 million. it's a big storm and a lot of damage, but less than's katrina. >> susie: quickly, mark, because on friday we have...
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. >>> and it was less than a year ago as we felt sandy's wrath going up and down the coast, and the huge floods affecting the country. now, this year and next, critics claim that sweeping new changes to the nation's flood insurance program will bring fan devastation to many americans living in and near flood zones, mary thompson has more. >> reporter: on october 1st, over 280,000 businesses and homeowners will be affected. >> a lot of these are mom and pop businesses, as we are, and they are just -- there is just not that much profit in them, and they will not survive. >> reporter: this insurance agent is one of the policy-holders. flood insurance premiums on his office building in louisiana set to rise 25% a year for the next four. his payments going up to $13,000 by 2016 as he loses his grants provided in the flood zone, these changes are a part of the waters act, raising premiums to better reflect flood risk and get the program out of a $24 billion hole, homeowners like dan at the rockaaways in new york, hard hit by sandy, the maps re-drawn by fema put his home and tens of thousands o
. >>> and it was less than a year ago as we felt sandy's wrath going up and down the coast, and the huge floods affecting the country. now, this year and next, critics claim that sweeping new changes to the nation's flood insurance program will bring fan devastation to many americans living in and near flood zones, mary thompson has more. >> reporter: on october 1st, over 280,000 businesses and homeowners will be affected. >> a lot of these are mom and pop businesses, as we...
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but you know, ted cruz, he held up our relief for hurricane sandy five years ago here in new york, and continues to basically lie about it saying he opposed the bill because it contains so much pork. that really was not true, the things he thought were pork were things like funding for head start programs but they were programs that were destroyed by hurricane sandy. there were other things like that if he had taken the time to understand the bill he would know they were not pork, so it was as if he didn't care. i was calling oath the hypocrisy for certain republicans like ted cruz, wanting aid for their constituents, but no one else. >> what do you think this aid package will look like when all is said and done for hurricane harvey? >> you know, i think they will get a lot of aid, i don't know if it will be enough or if it will be distributed. i have concerns about that, but when you have a republican congress and republican president and you know republican leadership of texas, i hate to say it but i think that there will be a little bit of partisan favoritism, while at the same time
but you know, ted cruz, he held up our relief for hurricane sandy five years ago here in new york, and continues to basically lie about it saying he opposed the bill because it contains so much pork. that really was not true, the things he thought were pork were things like funding for head start programs but they were programs that were destroyed by hurricane sandy. there were other things like that if he had taken the time to understand the bill he would know they were not pork, so it was as...
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with me is sandy adler, an emergency room nurse, and via skype is rand yy litten. welcome to you both. sandy, you returned two weeks ago from puerto rico. what were the conditions you saw there? >> thuy, it was devastation. it was like a war zone without bullets. people were desperate. people had no clean water, no food. we encountered individuals who had been injured during the hurricane, shoulder dislocations, had no ability to get in terms of access transportation, roads closed. they had -- if they were able to get to a location, x-rays were down. peoplewere, as i said, were just desperate for basic supplies, basic needs. of course, medical care and medicines. they were out of medications. >> and randi, you first arrived about two weeks after the hurricane hit. and these -- the conditions you saw, were you the first responders that many of these people saw? just hearing sandy talk is bringing back to every single moment that we would go out to these towns and villages. i went out with two groups every day and we would try to go to two different towns on the isla
with me is sandy adler, an emergency room nurse, and via skype is rand yy litten. welcome to you both. sandy, you returned two weeks ago from puerto rico. what were the conditions you saw there? >> thuy, it was devastation. it was like a war zone without bullets. people were desperate. people had no clean water, no food. we encountered individuals who had been injured during the hurricane, shoulder dislocations, had no ability to get in terms of access transportation, roads closed. they...
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it's being called the worst natural disasters in this country since hurricane sandy. while the human toll is immesh rabbit, the financial toll is just starting to be tallied. morgan brennan has our report. >> it's now being called the great flood of 2016. to referenceal rains caused flooding in pa many areas were submerged with at least 13 people dead and tens of thousands more displaced. only some of them had flood insurance. >> there were 25,500 claims filed so far. they expect that number to rise, though we don't expect the number of claims in this case to be as historic as they were after sandy or katrina, which were in the 40 and 50,000 rain claim numbers. >> yet more than 100,000 people have filed for assist card to the fema. fema says it would cap grants at $33,000. while more than 40% of homes have flood insurance, making it the third largest mark in the usa, many affected homes were not in high-risk zone there are not required to have the supplemental cover 50% in the harders hit parishes actually had it. >> if you have a federally backed mortgage and you're
it's being called the worst natural disasters in this country since hurricane sandy. while the human toll is immesh rabbit, the financial toll is just starting to be tallied. morgan brennan has our report. >> it's now being called the great flood of 2016. to referenceal rains caused flooding in pa many areas were submerged with at least 13 people dead and tens of thousands more displaced. only some of them had flood insurance. >> there were 25,500 claims filed so far. they expect...
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. >> woodruff: the giant hybrid storm named sandy left a growing toll today. officials reported at least 39 people killed, and $20 billion or more in damage. the nation's most populous city and its surroundings were at the epicenter. new york is a city in shock today, even deserted in places after a night of fear, fire and floods. a record storm surge of 13 feet poured into parts of lower manhattan, brooklyn, and queens as sandy hit. the rush of water closed major commuter tunnels linking manhattan with otherboros contributing to the worst damage to the subway system in its 108 years. >> last night we could look down this street here and weaw the river coming toward us and it actually looked like something out of ao movie. it was unbelievable. >> woodrf: equally unbelievable, winds of at least: 80 miles an hour blew out the bright lights that usually dominate the manhattan skyline. some one million homes and businesses i and around the city lost power. today mayor michael bloomberg appealed for understanding amid warnings it could take days to restore all tran
. >> woodruff: the giant hybrid storm named sandy left a growing toll today. officials reported at least 39 people killed, and $20 billion or more in damage. the nation's most populous city and its surroundings were at the epicenter. new york is a city in shock today, even deserted in places after a night of fear, fire and floods. a record storm surge of 13 feet poured into parts of lower manhattan, brooklyn, and queens as sandy hit. the rush of water closed major commuter tunnels linking...
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. >> super storm sandy. >> as we're going through the reconstruction eand rebuilding, we have to find ways to build this city back stronger and than ever before. >> new york city, no electricity, no lights, millions in the dark, fires, subways flooded, ruined rampant, many deaths. >>people work in the insubway system, in the construction industry in this state ve said they've never seen damage like this, so it's a new reality for us, and i think it's one that we're going to have to deal with. >> besides new york, new jersey was a victim of the disaster. governor chris christie .reviewd the situation at the shoreline, president obama at his side. >> we are here for you, and we will not forget. we will follow up to ma sure that you get all the help you need until you've rebuilt. >> later, at a news conference, the governor gave his report. >> the president of the united states and i have had six conversations since sunday. that shows a level of caring and ofconcern and interest that i think a leader should be giving to th ty of situation. so today, in fact, reed asked me this after i go
. >> super storm sandy. >> as we're going through the reconstruction eand rebuilding, we have to find ways to build this city back stronger and than ever before. >> new york city, no electricity, no lights, millions in the dark, fires, subways flooded, ruined rampant, many deaths. >>people work in the insubway system, in the construction industry in this state ve said they've never seen damage like this, so it's a new reality for us, and i think it's one that we're going...
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volunteers from occupy sandy are here in force, along with police and the national guard. but some residents complain that representatives from government agencies like fema are scarce. eva bennick moved to a new home here eight years ago. she applied for assistance but was told on the phone her application was missing. >> they had lost the application. she found my application, she said okay, it looks like it fell through the process. i don't understand why anybody's been out there yet. nobody's been out there yet. i said, well that makes two of us. i've got to tell you the first time where we've felt like we've ever needed help. first time. and just feel like, you know, fema's supposed to be it. everybody, like my insurance company says call fema. yeah, everbody asks me that. did you call fema. i'm like, yeah. what happened? nothing. that sucks. it... it just sucks. >> reporter: fema officials contend they are responding as best they can. but because of the sheer magnitude of the work, fema official robert jensen admits some residents will be disappointed. >> this is har
volunteers from occupy sandy are here in force, along with police and the national guard. but some residents complain that representatives from government agencies like fema are scarce. eva bennick moved to a new home here eight years ago. she applied for assistance but was told on the phone her application was missing. >> they had lost the application. she found my application, she said okay, it looks like it fell through the process. i don't understand why anybody's been out there yet....
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instead, stocks sank on worries that the costs of hurricane sandy will eat into profits. the dow jones industrial average lost 139 points to close at 13,093. the nasdaq fell almost 38 points to close at 2,982. for the week, the dow and the nasdaq were off a fraction of 1%. korean auto makers hyundai and kia could end up paying hundreds of millions of dollars to car owners as compensation for overstating fuel economy. the environmental protection agency now says an audit revealed that 13 models averaged up to six miles a gallon less than advertised. some 900,000 vehicles sold in the last three years are affected. u.s. intelligence officials have rejected claims they failed to answer the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. there've been reports the cia told its security officers to "stand down" and not try to repel the attackers. senior intelligence officials denied that on thursday. they said a security team responded within 25 minutes, en though eney were outmanneer and outgunned.ne those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. >> woodruff: th
instead, stocks sank on worries that the costs of hurricane sandy will eat into profits. the dow jones industrial average lost 139 points to close at 13,093. the nasdaq fell almost 38 points to close at 2,982. for the week, the dow and the nasdaq were off a fraction of 1%. korean auto makers hyundai and kia could end up paying hundreds of millions of dollars to car owners as compensation for overstating fuel economy. the environmental protection agency now says an audit revealed that 13 models...